Joseph Pannell Taylor
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky
Father: Colonel Richard Lee Taylor 1744 – 1829
(Buried: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Mother: Sarah Dabney Strother 1760 – 1822
(Buried: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Famous Brother: President Zachary Taylor 1784 – 1850
(Buried: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Famous Nephew: CSA Lt. General Richard Taylor 1826 – 1879
(Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana)
Wife: Eveline Aurilla McLean 1809 – 1887
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Children:
Brig. General John McLean Taylor 1828 – 1875
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Sarah Rebecca Taylor Jones 1831 – 1917
(Buried: Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia)
Richard Lee Taylor 1833 – 1836
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Lt. Colonel Joseph Hancock Taylor 1836 – 1885
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Belle Taylor Clarke 1838 – 1936
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Elizabeth Lee Taylor 1847 – 1848
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
William Bliss Taylor 1853 – 1871
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Occupation before War:
1813: 3rd Lt. in the United States Army
1813 – 1814: 2nd Lt. in the United States Army
1814 – 1815: 1st Lt. in the United States Army
1815: Discharged from United States Army on June 15th
1816 – 1817: 2nd Lt. in United States Army
1817 – 1825: 1st Lt. in United States Army
1825 – 1829: Captain in United States Army
1829 – 1838: Captain & Assistant Commissary Officer in U.S. Army
1838 – 1841: Major & Assistant Commissary Officer in U.S. Army
1841 – 1861: Lt. Colonel & Assistant Commissary Officer in U.S. Army
Served as Chief Commissary Officer during the Mexican War
1848: Brevetted to the Rank of Colonel in the United States Army
Assisted Commander John Gardner in getting provisions Fort Moultrie
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1863: Colonel Commissary General of Subsistence U.S. Army
1863 – 1864: Brigadier General and Commissary General U.S. Army
Died: June 29, 1864
Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Cause of Death: Diarrhea and partial paralysis
Age at time of Death: 68 years old
Burial Place: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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